From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Mike Frysinger" Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] [PWM] Generic PWM API implementation Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 15:51:12 -0500 Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0811041251x322acbafhbd7a3cc3bc2436a@mail.gmail.com> References: <8bd0f97a0810170859k72dc1bc5o34ed2388f95c3bc8@mail.gmail.com> <4910AD88.2000200@billgatliff.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=Lg/k3HjUE76uZeYta8TGebZwcU0tbwW+1miTb7thnpY=; b=ui9BGbWaE+okQrmiFyc3Q7VQbwokkRgMsTmR17HdmyC02WCWEEph9BWR3MRzy62Lza m6K5bfdVNwDU7SqU9ocKLjMNEktlJgZ+OlFoHw42o/uvTYzBlB1Ak/APg+3olXUjTCt6 qv+HlV20Pi+xzeFimxk+E+MjvglNWc0LYO7KQ= In-Reply-To: <4910AD88.2000200@billgatliff.com> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-embedded-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: Bill Gatliff Cc: linux-embedded@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 15:16, Bill Gatliff wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 14:14, Bill Gatliff wrote: >>> +int pwm_register(struct pwm_device *pwm) >>> +{ >>> + struct pwm_channel *p; >>> + int wchan; >>> + int ret = 0; >> >> the initialization to 0 here isnt needed > > This is literally the only feedback I have received. I take that to mean that > the code basically works as advertised, and nobody else has any problems with it > (it continues to work fine for me here). > > So, what's the next step? How do I advocate for getting this API into mainline? you looking to be maintainer ? if so, i imagine you start a git tree (on kernel.org?) for people to pull from, post patches to mainline now and indicate you'd ask for a 2.6.29 merge ... -mike